HD 212710, also known as BD+85 383, SAO 3721, HR 8546, HIP 109693 is a star in Cepheus[1] with an apparent magnitude of 5.258[3] and a spectral type of B9.5 Vn,[4] indicating that it is a B-type main sequence star, giving it a blue hue. It's about 254 light-years far away from the solar system. It has about 2.61 times the mass of sun, 2.387 times the radius of sun and 53.79 times as luminous as sun.

HD 212710
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cepheus[1]
Right ascension 22h 13m 10.6136s[2]
Declination +86° 6′ 28.6366″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.258±0.009[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9.5 Vn[4]
U−B color index -0.11[5]
B−V color index -0.03[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-6±5[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 60.554±0.202[7] mas/yr
Dec.: 39.468±0.193[7] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.8648 ± 0.1662 mas[7]
Distance254 ± 3 ly
(78 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.79[8]
Details
Mass2.61+0.438
−0.254
[9] M
Radius2.387+0.086
−0.052
[9] R
Luminosity53.79±1.38[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.0991±0.0652[9] cgs
Temperature10162+164.7
−134
[9] K
Other designations
HIP 109693, HR 8546, AG+85 372, BD+85 383, HD 212710, SAO 3721, 2MASS J22131056+8606287, FK5 1648
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nomenclature edit

This star doesn't have a Bayer or Flamsteed designation.

It has a Chinese name, "Great Tianhuang Emperor" (Chinese: 天皇大帝, tiānhuángdàdì) which means "The Emperor of Heaven". It is an independent constellation in the system of Chinese constellations, belonging to the Purple Forbidden enclosure.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99: 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. S2CID 120559848.
  2. ^ a b van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600.
  3. ^ a b Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urdan, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 335: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  4. ^ a b Egret, D.; Didelon, P.; McLean, B. J.; Russell, J. L.; Turon, C. (1992). "The TYCHO Input Catalogue. Cross- matching the Guide Star Catalog with the HIPPARCOS INCA Data Base". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 258: 217–222. Bibcode:1992A&A...258..217E.
  5. ^ a b Mallama, A. (2018). "Erratum: Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 46 (1): 90. arXiv:1805.09324. Bibcode:2018JAVSO..46...90M.
  6. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo compilation of radial velocities for 35495 stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
  7. ^ a b c d Gaia Collaboration (2022). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Gaia DR3 Part 1. Main source (Gaia Collaboration, 2022)". Astronomy and Astrophysics. Bibcode:2022yCat.1355....0G.
  8. ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 255204555.
  9. ^ a b c d Paegert, Martin; Stassun, Keivan G.; Collins, Karen A.; Pepper, Joshua; Torres, Guillermo; Jenkins, Jon; Twicken, Joseph D.; Latham, David W. (2021). "TESS Input Catalog versions 8.1 and 8.2: Phantoms in the 8.0 Catalog and How to Handle Them". arXiv:2108.04778 [astro-ph.EP].